A great Western romance. A lot of fun and humor mixed with romance and western adventure. Broday gives her readers interesting characters with her outlaw town series. Remember not everyone is perfect, but everyone dreams of finding their soul mate.

Another good read in this secondary series. Whats always good with other books in a continuing series is the catch up with other characters you have grown to love and this book does not disappoint. Well done.

This is the second book in the Outlaw Mail Order Brides series by Linda Broday. Jack is an outlaw who is trying to make a new life for himself. He never killed anyone except in self defense but that doesn't matter to the law. Tired of being alone he sends for a mail order bride and as a result he meets Nora, a woman on the run. Nora has survived a horrific past and Jack seems like a man she can feel safe with, Gritty western romance.

I didn't realize this was the second book in a series until after I finished reading so this can definitely be read as a stand alone novel. This was not your typical mail order bride plot. In fact, I think it's uniqueness is what made this such an enjoyable read. When we first meet Jack he's in handcuffs and on his way to jail. Now Jack doesn't proclaim to be anything other than outlaw but he's not a bad guy, only taking the law into his own hands when he is forced to do so. Despite his status as an outlaw he is looking for love but perhaps he's not making the best first impression on his bride.
Overall, this was a very enjoyable historical romance. So much so that I want to go back and read the first novel simply because I so enjoyed the characters in the town of Hope's Crossing. Plenty of action and romance kept the plot moving along quickly.

I like this series, yes sometimes I shake my head and then remember that this is from a different era, I didn't start with the first book but it didn't change my enjoyment of it. I actually started with the book previous to this one, the one with Tally and Clay and was one over with that one, so I really recommend you to get them it will just further enhance your liking of it. This book was Jack and he had a pretty tragic past which made you understand what he went thru, I am really happy that he got to meet Nora and she was definitely the one for him. Nora was a little stuck up at first but it wasn't really that she was just terrified and when you hear everything that she went thru you felt for her and wanted her to also get a happy ending. These two struggled to get to someplace safe not only for them but for the two children that they saved on the way. We get to reconnect with the other characters and I love knowing what they went thru, and I can't wait for Ridge's story and hopefully Rebel to get the happy ending that she has been waiting for..enjoy!